Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Dot Trail–TNT, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Blue Dot Trail–TNT, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 810 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Dot Trail–TNT, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 506–1,074 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.36067, -75.90125
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Green Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Rip It, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Tower Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto TNT, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Vietnam, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Bridal Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Bridal Path Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 458 ft
- Blue Dot Trail–Bridal Path, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft
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